Anticoagulation with apixaban or rivaroxaban may be used to reduce thromboembolism risk, but be wary of fracture risk.

Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)and their clinicians need to be alert for diabetes, ...

(HealthDay News) — The Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTs (PREVENT) equations classify 15.0 million U.S. adults as having an elevated risk for heart failure, according to a research ...

(HealthDay News) — Weaker handgrip strength (HGS) appears to be associated with a higher likelihood of having diabetes ...

Authors say further reductions will require new discoveries, adoption of emerging interventions. (HealthDay News) — Over the past 45 years, cancer prevention and screening accounted for most ...

Higher patient to nurse and patient to social worker ratios are associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation. Adolescents and young adults receiving care at dialysis facilities with ...

Women who gained more than 10 kg after age 35 had a 1.4-fold increased risk for breast cancer compared with those with stable weight. (HealthDay News) — The risk for breast cancer is increased ...

“Neighborhood disadvantage is associated more strongly with measures of cardiometabolic health and cognition among cognitively unimpaired individuals rather than MCI,” the authors write. “These ...

Postmenopausal women had 35% increased odds of developing rheumatoid arthritis compared with premenopausal women. (HealthDay News) — Postmenopausal women, particularly those who experience early ...

From 2022 to 2023, there was an increase of 0.9 years in life expectancy for the US population, reaching 78.4 years in 2023.

The first severe case of bird flu in the US occurred in a Louisiana women who had exposure to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks. (HealthDay News) — In a case first reported in Louisiana ...

Findings from a Spanish study suggest the effect of moderate wine consumption, as part of a Mediterranean diet, on CVD risk may be greater than previously thought.